(VOVworld) -As many as 400 overseas Vietnamese living and studying in the US got together in New York yesterday to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival. They took part in joyful art performances, quizzes and charity auctions to support the poor.   

On this occasion, the Vietnamese Youth and Students Association of New York (VNNY) made its debut, gathering young Vietnamese and students in New York’s boroughs together.

Addressing the ceremony, Ambassador Le Hoai Trung, Head of Vietnam's Permanent Representative Mission to the United Nations, wished Vietnamese students a successful new year, and hoped that the VNNY will be a useful forum for young Vietnamese and students to share experience and support each other in studies and life.

The same day, the Vietnamese community in the UK also held art performances to welcome the Lunar New Year.

The organizing board raised 14,000 USD to support poor households in Quang Ngai and Quang Tri province which were hard hit by natural disasters last year.